Samsung offering integrated internet access in its TVs

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Way back in May, Panasonic announced a new line-up of plasma televisions, which, as well as HD viewing, caused all sorts of excitement by also offering internet connectivity.

The web-enabled PZ850 series of Viera Plasma HDTVs are currently only in the States.

However, just last week, Intel and Yahoo announced a partnership that would see widgets developed for TV sets -Intel will provide a new chip for television manufacturers while Yahoo will supply the software.

At the time, the two companies hinted that they were working with a number of software developers, and also Samsung and Toshiba, which boded well for new models.